There are writers who have long been generous with practical advice for other writers.
Read MoreI’ve been following the Mars rover Opportunity for a few years now, mostly through her Twitter feed.
Read MoreThere’s something about our particular cultural and political moment that signals it’s okay to lie, inflate, and defraud, because everyone’s doing it.
Read MoreThis is a quote that struck me recently, an excerpt from Laura Thomson’s biography of Agatha Christie.
Read MoreI’ve always loved a bad review. Not quite “Guy Fieri, have you eaten at your new restaurant in Times Square?” bad, but not good.
Read MoreI’ve been spending lots of time lately in libraries. Specifically, the grand new Riddell Library and Learning Centre at Mount Royal University.
Read MoreI’m not going to mince words. It’s taking me a hella long time to finish this manuscript. And by ‘finish’ I mean get it to a stage where other humans can logically read it.
Read MoreMy novel-in-progress, The Ice Coffin, starts with the discovery of a body that has been hidden at the base of a glacier for 25 years. This image was the initial spark of inspiration, and the whole story grew out of it.
Read MoreI’ve been re-reading the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which I first read when I was about ten years old.
Read MoreAlmost 20 years ago I went on a vacation to Japan (it was Y2K, remember that?) where I bought – among other things – a daruma doll.
Read MoreThis past Christmas I spent one week at a cabin on an island to get away from the Internet. I needed time to concentrate on my writing, and it was the only way I could truly shut down the distraction.
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